Skylight



Dec. 6, 1927.

R. P. HOLYSZ SKYLIGHT Filed March 28. 1923 Patented Dec. 6, 1927.

"UNITED STATES) ROMAN r. nom'rsa'or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS;

SKYLIGHT.

Application filed March 28, 1923'. Serial at. waist.

My invention relates to skylights. One of the objects of my invention is the provision of a. skylightof simple, strong,

durable and inexpensive construction so arranged that its parts may be fabricated in the factory, conveniently nested if desired so as to occupy a minimum amount of space when in storage or when: crated, shippedor carted to the plac'e of installation, and readily assembled and erected without the necessity of soldering any of the joints or the use of any but a few of the most common tools, such, for example, as a hammer, a wrench, a pair of pliers or a screw driver.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a skylight-having a curb portion so constructed. that it maybe placed over the skylight opening i-n'a roof and quickly attached to the roof with a few nails or screws without the necessity of building a curb on theroof of the particular size to receive the curb of a particular. skylight, thus making it unnecessary for any close cooperation between the builder of the skylight and the carpenter making the skylight opening in the roof.

A further object of the invention is the provision of. a skylight having'a curb portion, a cover portion whichis supported in spaced relation to the curb portion, and swinging means for closing the openings in the. respective sides between the curband cover portions incombination with novel means for opening, and closing the closure means. t

The invention consists in the novel con structions and arrangements to be hereinafter described and claimed for carrying out the above stated objects and such other objects as will, appear from the following description of a certain preferred embodiment illustrated in the wherein V Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a skylight embodying the principles of my invention;

accompanying drawings,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line '33 ofFig. 2.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several views.

'The skylight shown in the accompanying drawings isadapted to be erected on a relatively flat roof, but I do not intend to limit my invention to a skylight for use only in 'rabl'e from th'ecover and curb portions.

connection with such roofs, as it, will be obvious from the following specification that a skylight embodying at least certain princ p'l'e'sf of my invention may be readil construete'd and applied to o'thertyp'es e roof.

The skylight is preferably formed of metal andcoi'n-prises a curb portion, acover portion, means fOrsUppOrt-ing the cover portion in spaced relation Withrespect to the curb portion, and means for closing the spaces in the respective sides between the curba'nd cover portions. The sides of the curb portion slant outwardly and are surrounded at the base by an outwardly extendin-g flange 6. The upper edges o'fthe curb sides are bent inwardly substantially at right angles to provide a sill portion and are then .berit upwardly to provide a stiffen.

ing portion 8. The frame of the eover por tion may be of any desired construction but preferably incl-ages a base frame 9 bent seas to provide a sti' e ing ortionlo and a dcpendin'g vertical flange 11., i tion is separable from. and is supported in spaced relation with res ect; to theeurb portion by means of detacjable angle postsor legs 12' which are placed at the corners, be-

ing fastened at their upper ends to the inner sides of'the flanges" 11 bybolts or rivets 13 and at their lower ends to the outer sides ef the curb sides 5- by means of belts 14. The spaces in the respective sides of the skylight betweenthe legs 12 and the curb and cover portions are preferably closed by closure means 15 which are preferably se a he closure means may be attached to the skylightv structure irt any preferred manner, for example, by hinges 16 carried by the respective sides of the frame 9 of the cover portion.

The means preferably employed for operating the several closure members 15 will now be described. An L-shaped arm 17 is provided for each of the closure members, one leg of the arm being rigidly attached to the inner side of the closure member, while the other leg of the arm carries an adjustable counter-weight 18'. The counter-weights are adjusted on the respective arms so that normally they will hold the respective closure members in Open position, the respective counter-weights being secured in such position by set screws 19. The members 15 are preferably closed simultaneously and to ac- The cover por- 5 to the under side ot the cover portion. The sheave 52f provided with a main c1rc1n11- it; the :tlanges (3 into the rooting hoards.

ierentially estending groove El and a pinrahty ot' obliquely disposed grooves 2st leading therefrom to either side thereoit. It will u be apparent, therefore, when the free end of the member 21 is held straight, that it will run freely .in the groove Qt and thus the free ends of the arms 17 and the respective counternveight's 18 carried thereby may be raised or lowered. hen the closure members 15 are in the desired position. the free end of the member 91 may he held against movementover the sheave by pulling it over to one side or the other so it will be caught in one of the grooves 53%..

A plurality of parallel y arranged plates 25 is supported in a frame 21* adapted to rest upon ledges 27 provided on the inner side and adjacent the base of the curb portion.

The root oi the building is provided with the usual skylight opening :28. the pt'n'tions oi the rooting boards .29 adjacent the opening being sup 'iorted by joists 30. it will he noted that the base flange (5 surrounding the a curb portion is made rehrtii'vely wide and that it is adapted to rest upon the portions of the roofing boards 29 which are adjacent the opening 28 in the root. the skylight being secured to the root by driving nails through It unnecessary, therefore, for a curb to he built on the root to receive the skylight: as is the common practice. The skylight may be readily installed over an opening in the roof which is somewhat: larger or somewhat smaller than the internal dimensions of the skvlight curb. The skylight may be installed on the roof betore the rooting paper 31 is applied. which is advantageous because it avoids the possibility o't injury to the rooting paper by workmen installing the skylight. The joint between the rooting paper and the skylight is made *atertight by any suitable cementitit'ius substance 32 being 1 placed over the flange (3 oi the skylight curb and under the adjacent portions ot' the root ing paper. It; is unneeessi'try, therefore, to employ a flashing around the skylight.

it. will be noted that; all the parts of the skylight may be fabricated at the factory. lelince the curb portion has sloping sides, a number of them may be readily nested. The legs 12 and the closure nuanhers 15 may be attached to the cover portion of the skylight at the factory but. they are preteraliily attached at the place. otinstallation. \Vhen the cover portions are of pyramidal form as shown in the drawing a number of them may be nested. The parts, theretore, occupy a minimum amount of space. when in storage or when crated for shipment. No special tools are required in erecting the skylight and. no soldering oi joints necessary.

The plates .25 are arranged so that the rays at light entering through the glazed cover portion of the skylight will strike against them and he deflected or dill'used. A skylight embodying this feature of my invention has ti'ti" advantage of the saw-tooth type. ot' skyligllt in conunoi'i use. which is l'ClLt' tivcly expensive to construct and admits only a relatively small tpiantity of light.

1 do not intend to limit my invention to the details of construction shown and de' scribed, except only in so -tar as certain of the appeinled claims are specifically lin1- ited, as it will be obvious that. modifications may be made without departing from the ln'inciples oi the invention.

'l' claim: t

In a skylight the combination of a curb portion. a cover portion, legs connected at their lower ends to said curb portion and at their upper ends to said cover portion for sup 'iorting said coverportion in spaced rela tion with respect to said curh portion. closure means hingedly connected to said corer port ion for closing the respective openings between said legs and said cover and curb portions. arms attached. to said respective closure means conliter-weights carried by said respective arms. and means to move said arms. 1 1

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